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Raymond Cruz Interview: "Major Crimes" Star Talks "Huge Payoff" for Character

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Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz portrayed Detective Julio Sanchez for seven seasons on TNT’s police drama The Closer (2005-2012) and continued in that role in its spinoff, Major Crimes, which began its fourth season on June 8, 2015. He is also known for his recurring role as drug lord Tuco Salamanca in the crime drama Breaking Bad and its spinoff Better Call Saul.

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Jennifer Beals Interview: Probing for "Proof" of an Afterlife

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Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals is known for playing the role of Alexandra “Alex” Owens in the 1983 romantic drama film Flashdance in which she won an NAACP Image Award and Bette Porter on the Showtime series The L Word (2004-2009). She is bi-racial; her father was African American, and her mother is Irish American.

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Donna Mills Interview: "Queens of Drama" Matriarch on Her "Amazing" Year

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Donna Mills

Chicago native Donna Mills is probably best known for her role as Abby Cunningham on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing (a spinoff of Dallas) that aired from 1979 until 1993 on CBS. She won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess three times during her stint on the show that lasted for nine years (1980-1989).

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Mignon Fogarty Interview: Life and Times of the Grammar Girl

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Mignon Fogarty

Mignon Fogarty is the creator of Grammar Girl and the founder and managing director of the educational podcast entitled Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, which promotes the proper use of the English language. A magazine writer, technical writer and entrepreneur, she has served as a senior editor and producer at a number of health and science websites. She has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington in Seattle and an M.S. in Biology from Stanford University.

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